Raul Castro sends congratulations to Hugo Chavez

[flamingdem]

Translation:

In the name of the Government of Cuba, I congratulate you for this historic triumph, that shows the strength of the Bolivarian Revolution and its unquestionable popular support. Your decisive victory assures the continuity of the struggle for the integration of Our America.

A big/strong hug,
Raul Castro

You know it!

Of course Cuba is not the only country happy with this victory, most of South America prefered a Hugo win, except for Paraguay, so that tells you something.


MENSAJE DE FELICITACIÓN

La Habana, 7 de octubre de 2012

Compañero Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela

En nombre del Gobierno y el pueblo de Cuba, te felicito por este histórico triunfo, que demuestra la fortaleza de la Revolución Bolivariana y su incuestionable respaldo popular. Tu decisiva victoria asegura la continuidad de la lucha por la genuina integración de Nuestra América.

Te reitero nuestra solidaridad y apoyo inquebrantables.

Un fuerte abrazo,

Raúl Castro Ruz
Presidente de los Consejo
de Estado y de Ministros de la República de Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

1. Thanks for a look at this great greeting to Chavez. Tremendous further step forward.

The masses of deprived. and ignored (except for the exploitation) people need to continue along this very path until their lives have far more room for hope, and celebration.

It will NEVER be right to send the country back into the rule by oligarchs.

[sabrina 1]

2. I think one of the things Chavez did when he was first elected, as he had promised to do,

was to put enormous effort into education. I remember being online following his second election and we had some people who were on the ground reporting on how it was going. They were online waiting to vote and while doing so they were talking to the people around them. Nearly everyone on the line was saying they would vote for Chavez.

But one woman, our friends told us, was carrying a book. She told them that she had never learned to read, being very poor throughout her life. But that Chavez had kept his promise to help every Venezuelan learn to read, young and old and she was so grateful to have had that opportunity provided by him. 'He kept his promise' she wanted us to know.

Chavez in an interview I saw with Robert Fisk I believe, explained why he wanted to work quickly to end illiteracy. He said that people who could not read or who were not educated, 'have no power' and that this make them vulnerable. He said if he could do nothing else for the people, he wanted to empower them so that never again could they be so taken advantage of.

Then Fisk interviewed some women. They told him that they had never paid attention to politics before because they didn't understand it. But now they had learned to read, they were learning so much about their history and they were deeply interested in politics and felt it was very important for them to be educated as not being literate, as Chavez said, contributed to them being victims of poverty, of the ruling class and that they had no say in their own lives. They thanked Chavez for making it possible for them to vote, to read and write, and to have a voice in their own country.

I think he has come very far in achieving the goal of an educated population and he was so right. If we were really a Democracy, our government would be using Venezuela as an example for other countries and praising Chavez for all he has done for his country.

But that will never happen here until WE change our system which right now and for decades, will always support the Right Wing Dictator over the democratically elected Democratic leader. I can't think of a single Democratic leader in the world, this country supports or ever did.